Naples hotel going extra mile to protect loggerheads

COLLIER COUNTY: Southwest Florida is halfway through sea turtle nesting season and in Collier County, at least one nest hatches each day. Since the first hatching in July however, 300 baby turtles have become disoriented and at least one hotel is doing its part to prevent that.

Kraus says two loggerhead nests on Marco Island and one on Vanderbilt Beach were compromised due to land lights that were brighter than the horizon.

"The one we had at Vanderbilt, the turtles went into a construction site and got tangled up in the plastic and were found in the parking lot and in the dunes," said Kraus.

The loggerhead turtle is an endangered species and according to Kraus, only one in 1,000 lives to adulthood.

Managers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Naples are doing their part to make sure sea turtles don't get turned around. At check-in, guests are given a list of guidelines they are to strictly follow starting at 9 p.m.

"We're very proud to have a resort hotel right on the beach and we want to do the right thing," said Hunter Hanson, Managing Director at Edgewater Beach Resort.

A few years ago, bright lights on the property at the Naples hotel were so bright, a nest of turtles ended up not in the ocean but in the hotel swimming pool. Since then, management has gone the extra step to make sure they're following the rules.

"When the sun sets, no lights are allowed on the ocean front," said Hanson.

Each evening, the manager walks the beach in front of the Edgewater property and checks for lights. If any are on, they'll call the rooms to remind guests to either shut them off or pull the drapes.

If a guest doesn't answer the phone, the manager will go to their room. If a guest is out, the manager will go in and turn off the lights.

"We treat this as a serious endeavor here," said Hanson.

It's not just the hotels that have to follow the rules during turtle season but the homeowners and condo owners along Collier's coastline have to abide as well.

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